GAZA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- At least one Palestinian was killed and three others injured early Saturday in an Israeli strike on the southern Gaza Strip, ambulance crews and local sources said.

A displaced Palestinian woman inspects the damage to her temporary tent after a fire broke out the previous night, in Gaza City on Jan. 2, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Sources told Xinhua that the attack involved two consecutive strikes targeting two Palestinian police checkpoints in the west of Khan Younis City.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society transferred the three injured to Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis for treatment.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli side regarding the incident.

Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has killed 72,136 Palestinians and wounded 171,839 others. The death toll since the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel took effect on Oct. 10 last year has reached 651, with 1,741 wounded, according to figures from Gaza's health authorities on Thursday.